Rate My Professor Shirley Tian

Her research focuses on cybersecurity education and curriculum design, social media analytics, brain-computer interfaces in neuroscience, blockchain governance in healthcare and energy, artificial intelligence in Industry 4.0, and data science applications in public health. Notable publications include Zheng and Tian (2024), 'BRAIN-COMPUTER INTERFACE (BCI) IN NEUROSCIENCE FROM 2008 TO 2023: A SURVEY,' presented at SAIS; Tian et al. (2023), 'Using Health Belief Model and Social Media analytics to Develop Insights from Hospital-Generated Twitter Messaging and Community Responses on COVID-19,' Journal of Enterprise Information Management; and Chen et al. (2023), 'Systematic analysis of artificial intelligence in the era of industry 4.0,' Journal of Management Analytics. She has earned Emerald Literati Awards for outstanding papers and reviewing, IACIS Jay Liebowitz Best Student Research Paper Awards as a mentor in 2019 and 2021, and secured grants including a $484,689 NSF REU Site award for brain-computer interface research (2023-2026, co-PI), $160,859 NSF Georgia ELITE (PI, 2025-2029), multiple $10,000 Affordable Learning Georgia grants, and Women in Cybersecurity faculty grants. Tian leads undergraduate research via First-Year Scholar Programs and VIP teams on cybersecurity education.